NEWTON, Mass.--Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) today
announced that it has sold 200,000 common shares of beneficial interest
at a price of $44.39 per share pursuant to an over-allotment option
granted to underwriters of its recent equity offering which priced on
June 3, 2005.
The joint book running managers for this offering were Merrill Lynch
& Co. and Wachovia Securities. The joint lead managers for this
offering were Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets and UBS Investment
Bank. The co-managers for this offering were Legg Mason Wood Walker,
Incorporated, Ferris, Baker Watts, Incorporated and Stifel, Nicolaus
& Company, Incorporated.
This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these
securities in any state in which the offer, solicitation or sale would
be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities
laws of that state. Copies of the prospectus supplement and related
prospectus may be obtained from the offices of Merrill Lynch & Co., 4
World Financial Center, New York, New York 10080 or from Wachovia
Securities, Attn: Prospectus Department, 7 St. Paul Street, 1st Floor,
Baltimore, Maryland 21202; or from the offices of any of the managing
underwriters identified above.
Hospitality Properties Trust
Timothy A. Bonang
617-964-8389
Manager of Investor Relations
www.hptreit.com